[ale] OFF TOPIC: Tulane student

[Terry Countryman]

> From: Mike Fletcher <fletch at phydeaux.org>
> To: Atlanta Linux Enthusiasts <ale at ale.org>
> Subject: Re: [ale] OFF TOPIC: Tulane student
> Date: Thu, 1 Sep 2005 15:03:43 -0400
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> 
> On Sep 1, 2005, at 2:47 PM, Brian J. Dowd wrote:
> 
> > Does anyone on the list from Ga Tech know what your school's
> > response is going to be for displaced New Orleans students?
> > My son, a Sophomore at Tulane, is working his way back to Atlanta.
> > He's safe, thank God.
> 
> There's a couple of items on Instapundit about the University of
> Texas and the University of Tennessee Law College taking students
> from the affected areas.
> 
> I haven't heard anything about Tech, but I imagine if you call the
> admissions office they might could give you some info.  404.894.4154.


Here is a copy of the brief announcement that was sent out yesterday
about GT's aid/help for Tulane students.  It mainly refers to housing,
and a place to live until either they can go home or back to Tulane.  I
haven't heard anything about participation in classes.


}  From: megamod at gatech.edu
}  To: git-all at lists.gatech.edu
}  Subject: Tulane students
}  Date: Wed, 31 Aug 2005 09:52:50 -0400
}  
}  Earlier this morning students from Tulane University arrived on the  
}  Georgia Tech campus.  In an effort to assist our colleagues and  
}  friends in the New Orleans area, we are serving as a refuge for these  
}  students until they can connect with their families throughout the  
}  U.S.  Some of these students will be with us for an extended period  
}  until it is safe for them to return to their home campus.
}  
}  Tech students are initiating a fund raising drive to help them out.   
}  You will hear more about this as plans firm up.  Let's make these  
}  students feel welcome, and I urge you to keep them, their families,  
}  and our extended
}  academic family in New Orleans and throughout the Gulf Coast in your  
}  thoughts during this most difficult time.
}  
}  
}  Wayne Clough
}  President
}  Georgia Tech



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Terry Countryman			email: terry at cc.gatech.edu
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Georgia Institute of Technology
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